PTEM 2027 calendar

Steps of the process

quebec.ca has not yet published the dated calendar (interviews, responses) for PTEM 2027; the steps below are those of the process.

1. Initial period for submitting notice-of-compliance applications, December 1 to 15.
2. Processing and analysis of the applications received; selection interviews by the DTMF for sub-territories that received more applications than positions.
3. Written response from the DTMF for all applications; five days to respond to an offer.
4. Withdrawals: the freed position is offered to the next person on the sub-territory's waiting list, who has five days to respond.
5. After the initial period: “first come, first served” until the end of the cycle.

During the initial period

• Notice-of-compliance applications are submitted between December 1 and 15; they are all deemed received on December 15.
• These applications always have priority over those received after December 15.
• You may choose two regions and two sub-territories per region, without having to rank one region over the other.
• If several forms are submitted, only the most recent one is considered.

After the initial period

Applications submitted from December 16 onward.

• If positions remain available, the notice of compliance is granted on a “first come, first served” basis.
• An application may target only one sub-territory at a time; to target several, one form per sub-territory is required.
• A notice of compliance may be refused only because the PTEM target has been reached.
• Acceptance of the notice of compliance is confirmed within ten days of the DTMF's email.

Basic rules

• A notice-of-compliance application may be submitted at any time of the year.
• One notice-of-compliance application form per region, whether you are a new billing physician (NF) or an interregional mobility physician (MIR); the DTMF considers your status at the time of submission.
• When the number of positions in a sub-territory is equal to or greater than the number of applications, no selection is made and the DTMF must issue the notice of compliance; otherwise, applications are assessed against the sub-territory's priority needs.
• Throughout the year, the number of notices of compliance issued by a DTMF must respect the annual target authorized by the minister.
• The DTMF informs by email everyone who applied in its region of its decision.
• No notice of compliance may provide for a start of practice before the beginning of the PTEM, nor before the application was submitted.
• The physician must begin practising within 12 months of Santé Québec receiving the application.
• A person who receives a notice of compliance may choose, if they wish, the AMP in which they will practise at the start of their practice.